Improvement in soldering-irons



vJOSEPH WILLIAMS.

Improvement in Soldering Irons.

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UNITED STATES PATENT QEEICE,

lJOSEPH WILLIAMS, OF JEFFERSON, TEXAS.

IMPROYEM ENT IN SOLDERING-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Iietters Patent No. 122,092, dated December 19, 1871.

, To all whom it may concern:

4 Be it known that I, JOSEPH WILLIAMS, of Jefferson, in the countyof Marion and State of Texas, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Soldering Apparatus, of which thev following is a specification-z l Y My Ainvention consists of an apparatus to be used with the common soldering-iron, whereby the same can be heated and kept heated continually while the iron' is used, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure l, Sheet l, is Va side elevation of my improved soldering apparatus. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a similar view, showing the parts indiiferent positions. Fig. 3, Sheet l, is an end view, and Figs. 4 and 5, Sheet 1, are sectional views of the shield for the solderingiron, and Fig. 6, Sheet 2, is a detached elevation of the soldering-iron without its handle.

From a stand, A, rises a tube, B, of metal or any other suitable material, in which the stem C of the lamp or reservoir D slides freely, being held in place at any desired height by springs c c on the stem C. From the lower end of the reservoir extends a stop-cock, E, which, by means of an elastic tube, F, of any suitable or desired length, is/conne'cted to a tube, G, the end g of whic /se/rves as a burner, containing "wick, which aturated with the burningiiuid flowingthrough the elastic tube from the reservoir. This burner end g extends into a cap, which consists of acircular part, H, provided with a cone-shaped end, I, through which the soldering-iron L protrudes; and the burner .enters the same through its end near its periphery, an opening, i, in the coneshaped end I admitting ofthe withdrawal or rey placement through the same of a tubular cap, h, which covers the wick in the burner g. This burner extends into the cap a sufficient distance to allowthe ilame, when the burner is ignited, to play on one side of or around the thick end of the soldering-iron inside of the cap, the heat and smoke .escaping through` an opening, f, in the cap H, over which a shield, J, extends in such a manner as to keep the heat around the soldering iron as much as possible and yet allow the exit ofthe products of combustion. 4 ln the'center of the end of cap H is an opening, j, through which the stem K ofthe solderingiron L extends, passing through a loop, c, which is rigidly secured on the tube G, and against which the handle M is height that when the operator desires to lay aside` the hot' iron for a moment he can pass the loop cf" over the hook so as to hang the iron with its at tached parts to the hook, while the cone-shaped end I of the cap rests on a metal rim, O, suitably arranged on the stand A, and provided with openings 0 to allow the heat of the iron thus in closed by the rim O to escape without overheat- .ing the rim. sition as shown in Fig. 1, may be carried about by means of a handle, P, swinging freely in ears p on the tube B.. The soldering-iron is attached to the apparatus by takin g off the handle M, then passing the stem Koi' the soldering-iron through the central opening of the cone-shaped `end I, through openin g j in the end of cap H, and through the loop c, and then replacing the handle M and securing it by the nut k. The burner g is held in place by means of a plate, d, bearing against the end oi' cap H and an interior or guide-tube, n. Any suitable or desirable burning iuid may be used for this apparatus, which, iiowin g through the elastic tube F and metallic tube G to the burner, keeps ,the flame alive, and thus eontiually heats the soldering-iron. The burner, be-

ing connected to the reservoirby means `of an elastic tube of any desirable length, allows the soldering-iron to be used freely without interfering with the reservoir, care being taken that the latter be always elevated above the burner, so as not to stop the flow of the burning iiuid. For this purpose the reservoir is adjustable in the tube B, and can be moved up and down, being always held in proper position by the springs c c onthe stem C. The stop-cocks E and Q serve to regulate the iiow of the fluid or to shut it off entirely.

By my improvement l furnish an apparatus which is-always complete in itself; does away with the necessity of a charcoal or other flre and stove, which are now required to heat the rest while one is being used, for I can makean attach- The entire apparatus being in pol is immaterial.

ment to regulate the length of the burning part of' the Wick, so as to produce a larger or smaller iiame at pleasure, and thus produce a greater or lesser beat ofthe iron.` The size of the apparatus Having described my invention, I claim- Y l. The cap H With its cone-shaped end Iand shield J arranged on the soldering-iron'to act as a heating-chamber for the same, as described.

2. In combination With the cap H, constructed substantially as described, and the soldering-iron, the burner g, tubes F G, and reservoir D, operating as' described. l

3. In combination With the cap H, the soldering-iron, burner. g, and tube G, the loop e, plate d, and handle M,as described. p

4. 'In combination with the burner g and tubes F G, the reservoir D on its stem C, With springs l c c, and adjustable in the tube B, as described. 

